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156597

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2014 to Question 211635, what progress he has made on reviewing the cost-benefit analysis of the recruitment and training of minors; and when he plans to publish that report.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	215248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The figures used in my right hon. Friend the Defence Secretary's letter of 1 August 2014 to the Defence Committee were taken from the final version of the cost-benefit analysis.</p><p>The report has been finalised and a copy is attached<ins class="ministerial">.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name AFC CO's Supervisory Care Directive dated Sep 14.doc title Army Foundation College Supervisory Care Directive 2 file name 20140514-Junior Entry_CostBenefitAnalysis_CITGvs 8_OS (3)[2].doc title Army Junior Entry Training Cost Benefit Alalysis previous answer version 30263 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry 30492 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20140514-Junior Entry_CostBenefitAnalysis_CITGvs 8_OS (3).doc title Army Junior Entry Training Cost Benefit Alaysis 2 file name AFC CO's Supervisory Care Directive dated Sep 14.doc title Army Foundation College Supervisory Care Directive answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry question first answered 27/11/2014 16:12:57 question first ministerially corrected 22/01/2015 10:42:29 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

165803

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to measure and improve patient experience and compassionate care.
	tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
	tabling member printed	Alec Shelbrooke
	uin	906232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>One year on from the Government’s formal response to the Francis Report on the failings of care at Mid Staffs, this Government has taken significant strides to improve and measure patient experience and compassionate care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have introduced a series of measures to increase the safety, transparency and accountability of the National Health Service – including a rigorous and independent new inspection regime for hospitals and a robust special measures regime to turn around any failing trusts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>4.3 million people have completed the Friends &amp; Family Test, with feedback used locally to improve care.</p> answering member constituency South West Surrey answering member printed Mr Jeremy Hunt question first answered 25/11/2014 17:14:45 answering member 1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt
	tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

156594

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent conversation he has had with Ofcom on the introduction of a gaining provider-led switching system in the mobile sector.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	215197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>DCMS officials have frequent contact with Ofcom to take forward this work. I want the switching process to be as easy and straightforward as possible for consumers and I recognise that switching processes work better for consumers when only one call needs to be made for the switch to happen, to the gaining provider. Working with Ofcom, we will do everything we can to move towards a system of gaining-provider led switching across the board.</p><p>In July, Ofcom published a call for inputs (which closed in September) on switching providers of broadband, pay-TV, mobile voice and data services and bundled services, in order to gauge the impact of these processes on consumers’ experience and on competition. Ofcom is conducting further research and holding discussions with industry and consumer organisations. It will publish a document setting out its findings in the first half of 2015.</p><p>We set out our thinking on GPL switching in the Connectivity, Content and Consumers [CCC} Strategy Paper, published in July 2013. In December 2013 Ofcom announced that GPL switching would be mandated for broadband and fixed telephony over the Openreach network. Full implementation of this will be completed by June 2015. Since then, Ofcom has been assessing the consumer experience of switching mobile services, pay-TV and bundles of electronic communications services and will report in the first half of 2015, as I describe above.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 215198 215247 question first answered 26/11/2014 16:54:31 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

156595

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on consumers of the implementation of a gaining provider-led switching system in the mobile sector.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	215198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>DCMS officials have frequent contact with Ofcom to take forward this work. I want the switching process to be as easy and straightforward as possible for consumers and I recognise that switching processes work better for consumers when only one call needs to be made for the switch to happen, to the gaining provider. Working with Ofcom, we will do everything we can to move towards a system of gaining-provider led switching across the board.</p><p>In July, Ofcom published a call for inputs (which closed in September) on switching providers of broadband, pay-TV, mobile voice and data services and bundled services, in order to gauge the impact of these processes on consumers’ experience and on competition. Ofcom is conducting further research and holding discussions with industry and consumer organisations. It will publish a document setting out its findings in the first half of 2015.</p><p>We set out our thinking on GPL switching in the Connectivity, Content and Consumers [CCC} Strategy Paper, published in July 2013. In December 2013 Ofcom announced that GPL switching would be mandated for broadband and fixed telephony over the Openreach network. Full implementation of this will be completed by June 2015. Since then, Ofcom has been assessing the consumer experience of switching mobile services, pay-TV and bundles of electronic communications services and will report in the first half of 2015, as I describe above.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 215197 215247 question first answered 26/11/2014 16:54:32 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

156596

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to support the introduction of gaining provider-led switching systems since the publication of his Department's report, Connectivity, Content and Consumers in July 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	215247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>DCMS officials have frequent contact with Ofcom to take forward this work. I want the switching process to be as easy and straightforward as possible for consumers and I recognise that switching processes work better for consumers when only one call needs to be made for the switch to happen, to the gaining provider. Working with Ofcom, we will do everything we can to move towards a system of gaining-provider led switching across the board.</p><p>In July, Ofcom published a call for inputs (which closed in September) on switching providers of broadband, pay-TV, mobile voice and data services and bundled services, in order to gauge the impact of these processes on consumers’ experience and on competition. Ofcom is conducting further research and holding discussions with industry and consumer organisations. It will publish a document setting out its findings in the first half of 2015.</p><p>We set out our thinking on GPL switching in the Connectivity, Content and Consumers [CCC} Strategy Paper, published in July 2013. In December 2013 Ofcom announced that GPL switching would be mandated for broadband and fixed telephony over the Openreach network. Full implementation of this will be completed by June 2015. Since then, Ofcom has been assessing the consumer experience of switching mobile services, pay-TV and bundles of electronic communications services and will report in the first half of 2015, as I describe above.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 215197 215198 question first answered 26/11/2014 16:54:32 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

156598

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) target and (b) actual average waiting time for asylum seekers to receive an appointment for an initial screening interview is.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	215259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office has an internal target of 10 days from the initial point of contact to the point the applicant attends the unit. This was introduced at the start of the current financial year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/11/2014 16:16:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

156641

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Fisheries: Quotas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the UK's annual quota for skate and rays was in each ICES area in each year since 2000; and what the annual take up of the annual allocations by the UK was in each ICES area.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	215166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK’s uptake of Skates and Rays stocks is shown in the tables below. Information is based on figures held by the Marine Management Organisation, and all quota and catch figures are given in tonnes. Closing quota may be different from the UK’s opening quota allocation due to the effect of in year swaps or quota banked or borrowed during the previous year. Skates and Rays quota in the areas shown in Tables 2 and 3 were only introduced in 2009.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1: Skates and Rays, North Sea (Areas IV and IIa EU waters)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Opening quota</p></td><td><p>Closing quota</p></td><td><p>Catch</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>3920.0</p></td><td><p>3920.0</p></td><td><p>1371.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>3128.0</p></td><td><p>3128.0</p></td><td><p>1299.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>3136.0</p></td><td><p>2331.0</p></td><td><p>1256.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>2665.0</p></td><td><p>2655.0</p></td><td><p>1270.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>2266.0</p></td><td><p>2266.0</p></td><td><p>1115.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>2083.0</p></td><td><p>2080.0</p></td><td><p>824.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>1770.0</p></td><td><p>1695.0</p></td><td><p>726.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>1417.0</p></td><td><p>1019.9</p></td><td><p>706.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1062.0</p></td><td><p>766.0</p></td><td><p>763.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1096.9</p></td><td><p>756.7</p></td><td><p>662.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>925.7</p></td><td><p>676.7</p></td><td><p>657.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>945.0</p></td><td><p>870.0</p></td><td><p>772.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>989.0</p></td><td><p>774.0</p></td><td><p>662.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>891.4</p></td><td><p>807.8</p></td><td><p>800.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 2: Skates and Rays, West Coast (Areas VI EU waters and VII EU waters, excluding VIId) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Opening quota</p></td><td><p>Closing quota</p></td><td><p>Catch</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>4070.0</p></td><td><p>4070.0</p></td><td><p>1924.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3460.0</p></td><td><p>3460.0</p></td><td><p>2260.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3287.0</p></td><td><p>3114.0</p></td><td><p>2028.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2873.0</p></td><td><p>2808.0</p></td><td><p>1999.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2587.4</p></td><td><p>2527.4</p></td><td><p>2105.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 3: Skates and Rays (Area VIId) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Opening quota</p></td><td><p>Closing quota</p></td><td><p>Catch</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>157.0</p></td><td><p>157.0</p></td><td><p>161.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>133.0</p></td><td><p>136.0</p></td><td><p>107.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>147.0</p></td><td><p>162.0</p></td><td><p>149.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>149.0</p></td><td><p>180.0</p></td><td><p>173.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>135.9</p></td><td><p>127.9</p></td><td><p>109.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/11/2014 14:00:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

156628

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what bodies can prosecute without the approval of the Crown Prosecution Service.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	215172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>Any private individual or entity who/which is not acting on behalf of the police or another prosecuting authority may bring a private prosecution. There are some organisations that regularly prosecute cases as a private prosecutor before the courts of England and Wales, for example the RSPCA. Furthermore, there are other prosecution authorities that bring prosecutions pursuant to statute, including the Serious Fraud Office and the Service Prosecuting Authority. Some offences can only be brought if the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Attorney General is obtained.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 26/11/2014 16:22:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

156587

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Vulture Funds: Argentina
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 17 November 2014, Official Report, column 49, what workarounds the Government is proposing so that Argentina can avoid technical default without paying vulture funds in full.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	215171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>Securing the resolution of its sovereign debts is a matter for the government of Argentina. We encourage Argentina and its creditors to work towards a negotiated resolution.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to actively engage in ongoing discussions to improve the operation of sovereign debt restructurings in international fora, including supporting the International Monetary Fund’s work on the contractual framework that has proposed new measures to reduce the power of holdout creditors in future debt restructurings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/11/2014 17:44:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

156706

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to educate vulnerable people about winter flu jabs; and what he expects the result of those steps to be.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	215127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>Flu immunisation information, including campaign materials and patient leaflets, have been produced for the use of the National Health Service, local authorities, voluntary organisations and others in contact with those who are eligible for flu immunisation this winter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A flu immunisation advertising campaign was launched on 6 October with the aim of encouraging those most at risk of the effects of flu to take up the offer of flu immunisation. The campaign targets those aged under 65 who have long-term health conditions, including pregnant women who are at risk of complications. It also targets the parents or carers of healthy children aged two to four years, who are also being offered immunisation. Advertising is running nationally on radio and in print media, supported by digital search, social media and public relations activity. The campaign has been extended to run until the end of November.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Medical Officer has also written to voluntary organisations and charities whose members are in at-risk groups, to request their help in encouraging their members to be vaccinated against flu, and campaign resources have been provided to these organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/11/2014 17:31:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell